Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music

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Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music

2019

1h 56m

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Documentary

Overview

Examine the history of bluegrass music, from its origins to its eventual worldwide popularity, and hear from dozens of musicians who explain the ways bluegrass music transcends generational, cultural and geographic boundaries.

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Cast & Crew

54 members

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Bill Monroe

Self (archive footage)

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Earl Scruggs

Self (archive footage)

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Lester Flatt

Self (archive footage)

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Alison Krauss

Self - Musician

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Del McCoury

Self - Musician

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Peter Rowan

Self - Musician

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Rhonda Vincent

Self - Musician

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Jerry Douglas

Self - Musician

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Bobby Osborne

Self - Musician

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Sam Bush

Self - Musician

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Sierra Hull

Self - Musician

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Ricky Skaggs

Self - Musician

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Laurie Lewis

Self - Musician

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Jim Lauderdale

Self - Grammy Award Winner

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Graham Sharp

Self - Grammy Award Winner

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Béla Fleck

Self - Musician

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Abigail Washburn

Self - Grammy Award Winner

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Chris Thile

Self - Grammy Award Winner

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Bob Dylan

Self (archive footage)

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Dale Ann Bradley

Self - Musician

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Alison Brown

Herself - Musician

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Chris Wadsworth

Self - Freshgrass Foundation

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Neil V. Rosenberg

Self - Bluegrass Music Historian

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Rex Ellis

Self - Smithsonian Institution

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Marian Leighton Levy

Self - Co-founder, Rounder Records

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Blake Williams

Self - Radio Broadcaster, WSMT

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Joe Mullins

Self - Radio Broadcaster

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Kelsi Robertson Harrigill

Self - Musician

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Ned Luberecki

Self - Radio Broadcaster / Musician

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Jon Weisberger

Self - Musician

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Darol Anger

Self - Musician / Berklee College of Music

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Noam Pikelny

Self - Grammy Award Winner

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Eugene O'Brien

Self - European Bluegrass Music Association

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Chris Eldridge

Self - Grammy Award Winner

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Larry Stephenson

Self - Singer/Songwriter

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Raymond McLain

Self - Kentucky Center for Traditional Music

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Ralph Stanley

Self (archive footage)

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Sonny Osborne

Self (archive footage)

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Terry Eldredge

Self - Musician

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Don Reno

Self (archive footage)

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Red Smiley

Self (archive footage)

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John Hartford

Self (archive footage)

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Tom Smothers

Self (archive footage)

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Dick Smothers

Self (archive footage)

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Glen Campbell

Self (archive footage)

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Steve Martin

Self (archive footage)

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Jerry Garcia

Self (archive footage)

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Tony Rice

Self (archive footage)

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John Cowan

Self - Musician

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J.D. Crowe

Self (archive footage)

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Dan Tyminski

Self - Grammy Award Winner

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Kaia Kater

Self - Musician

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Molly Tuttle

Self - Musician

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Missy Raines

Self - Musician

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